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Maturation of the Hippocampus
Why do adolescents learn and remember specific information more easily than younger children? We have,…
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The Neural Effects of Media Multitasking
If you’re attending Learning and the Brain’s “Merging Minds and Technology” Conference in November, you’re…
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Neuroscience and Neuromyths
Does neuroscience education help reduce a teacher’s belief in neuromyths? According to this recent study:…
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Lefty or Righty?
You’ve surely heard about students being left-brained or right-brained. And: you’ve probably heard that this…
The Battle of the Sexes, in Headlines
Two articles jumped out at me today because of the illustrative way they clash with…
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Memory Training That Really (Sort of) Works
Imagine yourself following a route that you know quite well: perhaps your morning commute. You…
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Regions or Networks, Take 2
Just yesterday, I posted some thoughts about “thinking both-ily”; that is, understanding that brain processing…
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Brain Regions or Brain Networks?
Here’s an odd brain theory to start off your day: Let’s assume that particular regions…
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The Benefits (?) of Overlearning
I’m reviewing the vocabulary I learned in today’s Spanish class. The last time I went…
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Practice Makes Myelin
Here’s a helpful TedEd video on the neuroscience of physical practice. I quibble with some of…